bigsonnyu
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In looking at these guys...
They obviously don't seek to overwhelm you physically, but they seek to: 1) Give mock looks, to exploit unfavorable situations 2) Make you think fast 3) Tire the defense out mentally, resulting in mistakes against their up-tempo style of play - creating big plays
They have a pretty crafty OC who uses his personnel very well, will spend some time in the same formation with alot of different wrinkles to see how the defense reacts... When he finds a weakness, he stays there and exploits it - that sounds simple enough, but go figure why we can't do the same.
...The OC will show a standard formation (21 Personell = 2RB 1TE), which will make a DC comfortable with keeping extra LB's in the game... But all of those guys are speedsters, which makes it easy to go spread the next play (no huddle) with the same guys. Therefore, if we do what TN did, which was go with a rendition of a 3-4, and we aren't coming with some type of zone-blitz to pressure the QB; were in trouble.
I'll explain...they use the RB in motion as a pre-snap read against bigger fronts like a 4-3/3-4, to for instance force a guy like T McCord out wide in coverage, which is generally a key to the QB if it's Man vs Zone (either way McCord is horrible covering period). If McCord (or any OLB) doesn't walk out, then either a Safety has to walk down to the motion back, or an interior LB has to walk out... All keys to the QB by using motion. Those same keys signifies to all the receivers, the possibilities of One on One coverage, and with 4LB's in the game (in a 3-4), it won't take very long to find an open guy, especially when Arky uses all speedsters. Furthermore, any CB be beat on a slant for a 1st down in the soft off man coverage we play, and they'll gladly take it, because they're coming back in 10 seconds with something else. This scenario is one play!!
With their running game, they have enough pulling with their guards and down-blocking tackles along with misdirection runs & zone read stuff to confuse both a LB and DE, not to mention, their WR's are part of their blocking scheme, for specific plays. Example: @ :33 Seconds, a zone read QB keeper, the receivers faked a bubble screen out wide, simply to cause the reacting DB's to defend it, which created an open running lane for the keeper... Big gain!!
Anyway, there's no pressure on this QB to make a perfect throw, or to throw the ball at all. If there's nothing there, he has the green light to tuck it, beat contain, and simply be an athlete once he crosses the LOS. The QB knows how to use/set-up his blocks very well I might add...
I'll fast forward a bit, and say that Tennessee finally wore this team down by # being hard hitting when they did get to the ball. They stabilized the QB play # when the they decided to go with speedier personnel in renditions of a 3-3-5/4-2-5 defense, and spied with their linebackers, to protect against the scramble.
With the LB's spying TN was finally able to contain any scrambling leaks, and the extra DB in coverage also helped to confuse the QB, giving the DLine more time to get to the QB... Good adjustment there. This QB is not very good at reading his progressions post snap...He's a pre-snap guy.
We gotta get all of our DB's in the game, disguise our looks to confuse the QB, use our most stout yet mobile DL'men, and hit stick and bust D%*( !!!!
[video=youtube;zbwmjXF6RZA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbwmjXF6RZA[/video]
They obviously don't seek to overwhelm you physically, but they seek to: 1) Give mock looks, to exploit unfavorable situations 2) Make you think fast 3) Tire the defense out mentally, resulting in mistakes against their up-tempo style of play - creating big plays
They have a pretty crafty OC who uses his personnel very well, will spend some time in the same formation with alot of different wrinkles to see how the defense reacts... When he finds a weakness, he stays there and exploits it - that sounds simple enough, but go figure why we can't do the same.
...The OC will show a standard formation (21 Personell = 2RB 1TE), which will make a DC comfortable with keeping extra LB's in the game... But all of those guys are speedsters, which makes it easy to go spread the next play (no huddle) with the same guys. Therefore, if we do what TN did, which was go with a rendition of a 3-4, and we aren't coming with some type of zone-blitz to pressure the QB; were in trouble.
I'll explain...they use the RB in motion as a pre-snap read against bigger fronts like a 4-3/3-4, to for instance force a guy like T McCord out wide in coverage, which is generally a key to the QB if it's Man vs Zone (either way McCord is horrible covering period). If McCord (or any OLB) doesn't walk out, then either a Safety has to walk down to the motion back, or an interior LB has to walk out... All keys to the QB by using motion. Those same keys signifies to all the receivers, the possibilities of One on One coverage, and with 4LB's in the game (in a 3-4), it won't take very long to find an open guy, especially when Arky uses all speedsters. Furthermore, any CB be beat on a slant for a 1st down in the soft off man coverage we play, and they'll gladly take it, because they're coming back in 10 seconds with something else. This scenario is one play!!
With their running game, they have enough pulling with their guards and down-blocking tackles along with misdirection runs & zone read stuff to confuse both a LB and DE, not to mention, their WR's are part of their blocking scheme, for specific plays. Example: @ :33 Seconds, a zone read QB keeper, the receivers faked a bubble screen out wide, simply to cause the reacting DB's to defend it, which created an open running lane for the keeper... Big gain!!
Anyway, there's no pressure on this QB to make a perfect throw, or to throw the ball at all. If there's nothing there, he has the green light to tuck it, beat contain, and simply be an athlete once he crosses the LOS. The QB knows how to use/set-up his blocks very well I might add...
I'll fast forward a bit, and say that Tennessee finally wore this team down by # being hard hitting when they did get to the ball. They stabilized the QB play # when the they decided to go with speedier personnel in renditions of a 3-3-5/4-2-5 defense, and spied with their linebackers, to protect against the scramble.
With the LB's spying TN was finally able to contain any scrambling leaks, and the extra DB in coverage also helped to confuse the QB, giving the DLine more time to get to the QB... Good adjustment there. This QB is not very good at reading his progressions post snap...He's a pre-snap guy.
We gotta get all of our DB's in the game, disguise our looks to confuse the QB, use our most stout yet mobile DL'men, and hit stick and bust D%*( !!!!
[video=youtube;zbwmjXF6RZA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbwmjXF6RZA[/video]
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